New
York’s 2005 TART
CHERRY production, forecast late-June, is expected to total 7.5 million
pounds, down 30 percent from the previous year. U.S. TART
CHERRY production is forecast at 244 million pounds, 15 percent above
2004 production and 8 percent above production in 2003. SWEET
CHERRY production is forecast at 950 tons, up 6 percent from a year ago.
U.S. SWEET CHERRY production
is forecast at 226,550 tons, down 20 percent from 2004 and 8 percent below 2003.

FRUIT
PRODUCTION: New York and United
States

2003,
2004 and 2005 1/

Fruit

New York

United
States 1/

2003

2004

2005

2003

2004

2005

Million
pounds

Million
pounds

Tart
Cherries

7.2

10.7

7.5

226.3

213.0

244.0

Tons

Tons

Sweet
Cherries

600

900

950

24,570

283,060

226,550

1/Includes
unutilized production for U.S. Tart and Sweet Cherries. There were
no unutilized U. S. Tart Cherries in 2003 and 2004. Unutilized Sweet
Cherries were 68,010 tons in 2003 and 900 tons in 2004.

APPLES
PROCESSED IN NEW YORK UP 14 PERCENT

New
York State processing plants utilized 620 million pounds of apples from the
2004 crop, up 13 percent from the 550 million pounds processed from the 2003
crop. Apples shipped into New York for processing totaled 17.3 million pounds,
down 16 percent from the 20.5 million pounds received in 2003.

Apples
utilized for cider and juice in New York plants totaled
200 million pounds. Last year, the same amount, 200 million pounds, was utilized
from the 2003 crop.

Processing
for canning and applesauce utilized 340 million pounds, up 26 percent from the
270 million pounds canned from the 2003 crop. Apples used for freezing, at 50
million pounds, was the same amount, 50 million pounds from the 2003 crop.

APPLES:Receipts and Utilization at New York Processing
Plants and Cider Mills, 1995-2004

The
2004 New York apple crop totaled 1280 million pounds, 21 percent above the 2003
production of 1,060 million pounds. From the 2004 crop, 620 million pounds went
to processing plants, at an average of $139.00 per ton, while 660 million pounds
were sold for fresh market at an average packinghouse door equivalent of $456
per ton or 22.8 cents per pound.

New York's 2004 PEACH CROP
totaled 6,000 tons, down 8 percent from the 6,500 tons produced last year. From
the 2004 crop, 2,300 tons were processed at an average price of $400.00 per
ton, while 3,600 tons were sold for fresh market at an average price of $920.00
per ton.

PEACHES:
Production, Utilization, Price, and Value, 2002-2004

Season

Production

Utilization

Total

Utilized
production

Price
per

ton 1/

Value
of utilized production

Fresh
Market

Processed

Quantity

Price
per

ton

Quantity

Price

per ton

Tons

Dollars

1,000
dol.

Tons

Dollars

Tons

Dollars

New
York

2002

5,000

5,000

475.00

2,375

3,750.0

520.0

1,250.0

340.0

2003

6,500

6,000

703.00

4,218

4,250.0

840.0

1,750.0

370.0

2004

6,000

5,900

717.00

4,232

3,600.0

920.0

2,300.0

400.0

United
States

2002

1,267,500

1,217,700

400.00

488,011.0

537,250.0

612.0

680,450.0

234.00

2003

1,259,500

1,205,150

377.00

454,286.0

542,750.0

581.0

662,400.0

210.00

2004

1,307,110

1,229,800

375.00

461,629.0

535,600.0

548.0

694,200.0

242.00

NEW
YORK GROWN GRAPES PROCESSED, BY VARIETY 2002-2004 1/

Variety

2002

2003

2004

Tons

American
Varieties:

Catawba

6,680

7,650

5,000

Concord

108,000

104,000

99,300

Delaware

820

550

300

Ives

165

180

200

Elvira

4,200

5,250

4,800

Niagara

19,000

18,000

19,800

French
Hybrids:

Aurora

4,100

3,620

2,200

Baco
Noir

930

1,220

350

Cayuga
White

830

650

600

DeChaunac

590

320

150

Rougeon

625

530

100

Seyval
Blanc

590

480

400

Vitis
Vinifera, All

4,620

4,550

4,900

Other
Varieties, All

1,850

2,000

1,900

TOTAL

153,000

149,000

140,000

1/Includes
New York grown grapes received at out-of-state plants.2/Includes
other American and French Hybrid varieties not shown.